[XPlatform] Show a file on disc

General
#1

f.Launch open the folder / directory for all 3 OS Platforms (and launch the target item if not a folder).

What about displaying / selecting the FolderItem ?

#2

NSWorkSpaceMBS.selectFile may help for Mac.

#3

WindowsShellExecuteMBS may help on Windows with explore verb.

#4

I use this for folders on macOS:

if f.isBundleMBS then f.Parent.Launch else Call NSWorkSpaceMBS.selectFile(f) end if

#5

Nice !

#6

what do IsBundleMBS do??

#7

Check if a folder is a bundle/package, e.g. an application.

#8

i see… thanks

#9

macOS only…

#10

Windows
see https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/152457/windows-explorer-command-line-options

Linux
look at xdg-open, gnome-open and kde-open

https://linux.die.net/man/1/xdg-open
http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/trusty/man1/gnome-open.1.html

dont have a handy url for kde-open

macOS there’s declares laying around the forum for this somewhere

#11

https://forum.xojo.com/24589-launching-file-explorer-finder
https://forum.xojo.com/16010-reveal-file-in-explorer

#12